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1955 Map of Ft. Green

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Ft. Green
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Ft Green and Ft Green Springs serve as the primary focal points of this mid-century Florida interior, where the Seaboard Air Line railroad cuts a straight north-south path through the landscape. The geography is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including the winding Payne Creek and the marshy expanses of Gum Swamp and Mitchell Hammock. To the south, the small settlement of Vandolah sits along the rail line near the confluence of several branches.

Local history researchers will find significant detail in the placement of the Ft Green Post Office and the Olive Branch Cem near the northern boundary. The map illustrates a rural economy organized around these watercourses—such as Troublesome Creek, Lottis Creek, and Brushy Creek—reflecting the drainage patterns and early road placements of Hardee County before modern expansion altered these traditional rural corridors.